Object of the Study

It can be concluded by those definitions that the story of The Fifth Mountain is the plot, and the Bible 1 Kings 17: 1-24 is the story. Bible not only stands as the Holy Scripture for Christians, but also as historical recorder as well. It records human history, especially Israelite history, excluded from their experiences of God’s companionship. Therefore, Bible is considered as the actual sequence of events that happened, whereas the novel is those events as they are edited, ordered, packaged, and presented in what we recognize as a narrative. Paulo Coelho is the author who created all the events in the novel, arranged them by structure, and edited them so that the novel has a greater impact toward its readers. There are three elements of plot in the novel if it is seen from Aristotle ’s point of view. First, the hamartia is the moment when Elijah decides to do God’s command and he is banished from Israel Coelho, 2004: 14-15. Second, the anagnorisis is when Elijah has un derstood God’s will and accepts himself as an Israelite prophet Coelho, 2004: 236. The last one, the peripeteia is when everyone in Akbar against Elijah and decide to banish him to the Fifth Mountain, however he could live and resurrect the widow’s son. People of Akbar respected Elijah ever since Coelho, 2004: 55-58. In order to know Elijah’s biblical miracles, it is necessary to analyse the Bible as well. However, there is something interesting. The hamartia is not found in the Bible. There is no sin or fault done by Elijah as a character. If there is a tragic flaw, it is done by God for bringing the drought to Israel 1 Kings 17, 2016. The anagnorisis does not exist in the Bible as well. It is because there is no truth of the situation that is recognized by Elijah, the protagonist. What he knows is all about truth sent by God and he knows it from the beginning of the story, but there are two peripeteia-s in the Bible. Those are the stories when Elijah performs miracles in Zarephath and followed by other character s’ acknowledgement 1 Kings 17, 2016. The Aristotle’s elements are complete in the Coelho’s novel. The events which are encountered by Elijah bring a major role to his presence, while the absence of hamartia and anagnorisis in the Bible becomes the fact that the Bible does not consist of sufficient elements of plot to analyse. The two peripeteia-s becomes a significant point to show that the Bible wants to emphasize the miracle as its core. The analysis about the structure of the story of The Fifth Mountain and the Book of 1 Kings Chapter 17: 1- 24 is classified by using Vladimir Propp’s thirty- one functions. The stories are identified by using those functions. It is very important to see how the miracles are seen from both stories. According to Propp’s functions, the structure in the Book of 1 Kings 17: 1- 24 starts when the misfortune or lack is made known; the hero is approached with a request or command; he is allowed to go or he is dispatched. It happens when God brings drought to Israel for several years as it is stated in the first verse 1 Kings 17, 2016. The drought or the misfortune stands as the starting point of the narrative that leads to another narrative function. The function goes when the hero leaves home. God commands Elijah to leave Israel and go to the brook Cherith, which is in the east of the Jordan and stays there for a period of time. Elijah drinks from the brook and the ravens deliver bread and meat for him every day 1 Kings 17, 2016.